Input and output devices

Input and output devices

Devices that transfer data to or from the computer.

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Input and output devices

Chorded Keyboards

Computer; Input and output devices

A typing interface where the user may input characters by pressing several buttons at the same time, just like a pianist would play a chord by pressing several keys at the same time.

Handwriting Input

Computer; Input and output devices

A typing interface (if it can be called that) that seeks to allow the user to just write what they want to input and the computer would convert the handwritten data into text.

Qwertz

Computer; Input and output devices

Another keyboard derivation from QWERTY, this one is used mostly in Central Europe, specifically Germany, because Z is a more common letter than Y in German.

Designed for phones, multitap assigns the alphabet to the numbers 2-9 and various symbols to 1 and the star key. Users input letters one by one by pressing the corresponding number until the desired ...

LetterWise

Computer; Input and output devices

Another typing interface for phones, LetterWise is simple enough that its instruction manual is composed of only "Hit the key with the letter you want, if it doesn't come up, hit Next until it ...

Fleksy

Computer; Input and output devices

A newer typing interface designed for touchscreens that relies on geometric algorithms to sense what letter the user intended to type, allowing the blind and visually impaired to use the keyboard ...

SwiftKey

Computer; Input and output devices

A touchscreen keyboard based on QWERTY and related layouts that gives predictive text based on former inputs. This keyboard allows for slide inputs and not just tapping inputs.